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Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
(kyivindependent.com)
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Dude, we're fucking trying.
I wrote letters to voters trying to keep this guy out of office, I donated money, I hassled friends and family to get them to vote, I wrote letters to my congress people. I've been to one protest so far, which is not enough. I argue with people in person about politics and I shitpost on Lemmy, which seems like a waste of time electoral-outcome-wise, but I think the wild success the Russian troll farms are having kind of implies that there's at least a little bit of impact from it.
I think this weekend I will apply for some jobs outside the US. I can't stand the idea of my taxes going to help all this bullshit happen. I have no idea how much if any I will follow through on that kind of thing, but I've been thinking about it anyway, and this was a hell of a kick in the pants to motivate it. It is probably better for my safety, to be honest, anyway.
I'm not asking for a medal from you for any of that of course. I get it. But also, helping us fix our democracy is going to be a better and safer way for the rest of the world than is trying to come after us as a "rogue state." That kind of problem is still in our wheelhouse, and is likely to remain so for the most part even as Trump tears apart all the rest of it.
Even if you get a job outside the US, if you keep citizenship, you will still be charged taxes.
True, but according to what I just became an expert on two minutes ago, you can file form 2555 and deduct the first $130k of your wages, and all your housing expenses on top of that. It sounds like working abroad means you still have to keep in touch, but your tax burden is likely to become minimal as long as you're legit not maintaining a presence in the US.
It's all still theoretical as applied to me personally. And there is still the big decision of "flee to safety" versus "stay and fight."
Yeah, from what I recall, you can deduct whatever you pay in the other country in taxes, so unless you moved to Monaco that's going to be higher anyway.